Post Tagged with: "Jelena Jankovic"
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Jankovic to play Vinci for Texas Open Trophy
No surprises in 2012 Dallas semifinals as both Roberta Vinci and Jelena Jankovic finish off their unseeded opponents in two straight sets. Unseeded Serbian player Bojana Jovanovski will be leaving Texas Open in Dallas with mixed feelings. On one hand, she reached semifinal of a WTA tournament, on the other [...] -
Dellacqua knocks out Wozniak in Dallas, plays Jankovic in semis
The Australian player, Casey Dellacqua, who is number 106 on the WTA’s rankings list and who caused quite a sensation at the Texas Tennis Open being played in Dallas this week when she ousted the tournament’s number four seed, the hard hitting Belgian Yanina Wickmayer (ranked 28), 6-4 6-4, had [...] -
Jankovic and Cirstea through to quarterfinals in Dallas
In the final warm up before the start of the US Open this coming Monday, some of the WTA’s top players decided not to take a week off, but to keep competing in the hope of getting in some good match practice. This seems to have been a good strategy [...] -
Peng beats Jankovic in a thriller, Goerges ousts Peer in Cincinnati
Former world no.1 Jelena Jankovic won’t have very good memories on Monday night in Cincinnati. China’s Peng Shuai defeated her in the first round after a three set thriller, winning 5-7 7-5 7-6 (8). Jankovic has also lost in the opening round of last week’s Rogers Cup in Montreal, going [...] -
Cibulkova, Jankovic, Lisicki out of WTA Rogers Cup in Montreal
Several seeded players fell in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, setting up some intriguing 3rd round matchups. 15th seed Sabine Lisicki was the first to be eliminated following a three set battle against world no. 44 Carla Suarez Navarro. Lisicki fought through the first set, taking [...] -
Vinci crushes Ivanovic without dropping a game in Montreal
One of the home crowd’s favourites and hope for the singles title at the 2012 edition of the Rogers Cup being played at the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal this year, Aleksandra Wozniak downed formed world number one and 13th seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in just an hour and a [...] -
Serena Williams beats Jankovic in the first round of the Olympics
Serena Williams marched into the second round of the Olympic games after defeating former world no.1 Jelena Jankovic with a very convincing scoreline 6-3 6-1. Williams is aiming to win her first Olympic singles gold, she has got two gold medals from the doubles competition. The American has just won [...] -
Cibulkova wins, Jankovic out of Carlsbad
Slovak Dominika Cibulkova makes it through to the semifinals, while Serb Jelena Jankovic suffers an unexpected loss in the quarterfinals of 2012 Mercury Insurance Open in Carlsbad, USA. Second-seeded Cibulkova defeated last year champion’s younger sister Urszula Radwanska from Poland in two somewhat identical sets. The final result: 6-4, 6-4. [...] -
Jankovic hoping for Career Resurgence at Edgbaston
Due to compete in the grass court tournament at Edgbaston where she was successful five years ago, former world number 1 Jelena Jankovic is hoping for a career resurgence ahead of the Wimbledon Championships and the London Olympic event. Plagued by injuries this season, Jankovic has been granted a wildcard [...] -
Wozniacki and Sharapova reach last 16 at Australian Open
Last year’s Wimbledon finalist Maria Sharapova overcame 30th-seeded German Angelique Kerber 6-1, 6-2 to reach the round of last 16 at this year’s Australian Open. She will now face Sabine Lisicky of Germany in the next round. Top seed Caroline Wozniacki is yet to drop a set at this year’s [...] -
Keothavong wins, Baltacha out in Luxembourg
Anne Keothavong of Britain made her way into the second round at the Luxembourg Open as she defeated Mandy Minella of Luxembourg 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. Keothavong played a very solid tournament at the Generali Ladies Open last week where she lost to Jelena Jankovic in three sets. The Brit will [...] -
Kvitova beats Jankovic, Cibulkova eliminates Safarova in Linz
Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic defeated former world no.1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to reach the final of Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. The match saw some high quality tennis from both sides with entertaining rallies and some great shots from both players. Both Kvitova [...] -
Kvitova and Jankovic to play in Linz semis
Top seed Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic dismissed Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia 6-2, 6-2 to reach the semifinals at the Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. The Wimbledon champion dominated throughout the whole match and will play Serbian Jelena Jankovic in the semifinals. Former world no.1 Jankovic battled her way to [...]
